Connecting people with ideas

Human Ties Editor’s note: With an abundance of programs offered this spring, we’re revamping our e-news to focus more on upcoming events. Let us know what you think!

Coming up in our virtual Friday series:

Please join us next Friday, May 21 at 5:00 pm for the program “Top Chefs: Celebrity Cooks and Social Capital from the Italian Renaissance Court to Today” with Dr. Danielle Callegari (Dartmouth College). Today we take for granted that great chefs become famous, and that they can influence social consciousness and public policy, not through private wealth or direct lobbying, but more often by leveraging the rarity and unique nature of their expertise. So when did it become possible to parlay good cooking into social and political capital? Looking back at some of the earliest chefs who achieved fame and fortune in Italy we can find the roots of the celebrity chef culture we know so well today. Join us for a free online program via Zoom!

C O M M U N I T Y P R O J E C T G R A N T S

Tonight at 7:00 pm, Dr. Joyce E. Chaplin, James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University, will join the Enfield Shaker Museum to discuss how early Americans used almanacs to document changing weather patterns, and the ways we can read these historical documents to illuminate a long history of climate change. Register for this free virtual lecture and the final talk in the the Enfield Shaker Museum’s Community Project Grant supported Weather-Wise series, HERE.

New Hampshire Humanities is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity: Focus Grants. The inaugural Focus Grant, developed in conjunction with United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s May 2021 visit to New Hampshire Humanities, will provide up to $1,000 to non-profits or individuals to fund public humanities programs focused on indigenous studies, poetry, or literature. Applications are due by June 10. View the call for proposals and application criteria HERE.

Interested in learning more about how to apply for a Community Project Grant? Join CPG Program Manager Agnes Burt for a virtual grant-writing workshop on June 3 from 3:00-4:00 pm! This workshop will provide an overview of the application process and discuss how to submit a competitive proposal. Register in advance here.

H U M A N I T I E S T O G O

New Humanities to Go Program! New Hampshire Humanities is delighted to welcome a new presenter in our Humanities to Go program. Poet and journalist Shanta Lee Gander is now available for online presentations of her program “Bearing Witness and the Endurance of Voice.” This program explores the life and writing of eighteenth-century African American poet Lucy Terry Prince. To bring this program to your community, please apply through our Humanities to Go program.

C O N N E C T I O N S B O O K D I S C U S S I O N S E R I E S

Read the latest Connections blog post about students from the International Institute of New England writing poetry. Adult English as a Second Language (ESL) students at the International Institute of New England (IINE) in Manchester have been using and writing their own poems to learn English. They also read the book Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . by Doreen Rappaport as part of their ongoing Connections book discussion series. READ

S P E C I A L P R O G R A M S

The North Country Young Writers’ Festival starts this Friday! This free festival is designed for 7th-12th grade students from New Hampshire with a casual interest in creative writing and also for those who are considering writing as their college major or profession. Sign up for workshops HERE.

S U P P O R T T H E P R O G R A M S Y O U L O V E !

Help us use the power of the humanities to provide opportunities for learning and listening, contemplation and connection for people in the Granite State. Click the Give button to give a secure gift online. Thank you for supporting the programs love!

NH Gives is coming! Next month, New Hampshire Humanities will join other nonprofits from around our state to participate in NH Gives, a 24-hour campaign to raise money and awareness for NH’s nonprofit community. Please watch your inbox and social media feeds for information as we get closer to June 8.

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